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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1980.37 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name barkcloth Description Barkcloth (siapo), large hand-painted rectangular sheet, double layer border decoration in various designs including rosettes, radiating lines and concentric circles. The centre divided into squares each divided into triangles, each triangle alternately red stripes on white and black stripes with smaller lines. Could be a room divider, mosquito net, or possibly for funeral or marriage gifts. Registration number on label stuck on reverse. Production place Polynesia, Samoa Production period 19th Century, late, 20th Century, early Material Paper mulberry bark, pigment Dimensions length: 200.00 cm width: 207.00 cm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1980.37
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

barkcloth
Description

Barkcloth (siapo), large hand-painted rectangular sheet, double layer border decoration in various designs including rosettes, radiating lines and concentric circles. The centre divided into squares each divided into triangles, each triangle alternately red stripes on white and black stripes with smaller lines. Could be a room divider, mosquito net, or possibly for funeral or marriage gifts. Registration number on label stuck on reverse.
Production place

Polynesia, Samoa
Production period

19th Century, late, 20th Century, early
Material

Paper mulberry bark, pigment
Dimensions

Details